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‘Non-normative’ sexual and gender diversities in Africa

EDITORIAL

Editorial
‘Non-normative’ sexual and gender diversities in Africa
This special issue of Agenda is dedicated to the memory of Mikki van Zyl
Leverne Gething (Consulting Editor)
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 13 Apr 2015
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INTRODUCTION

Introduction
Vocabularies of the non-normative
Zethu Matebeni & Thabo Msibi
Pages: 3-9
Published online: 13 Apr 2015
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ARTICLE

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‘African positionings’: South African relationships with continental questions of lgbti justice and rights
Jane Bennett & Vasu Reddy
Pages: 10-23
Published online: 17 Mar 2015
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The social-political dynamics of the anti-homosexuality legislation in Uganda
Stella Nyanzi & Andrew Karamagi
Pages: 24-38
Published online: 24 Mar 2015
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Mind the gap: Imagining new ways of struggling towards the emancipation of sexual minorities in Africa
Pierre de Vos
Pages: 39-53
Published online: 04 Mar 2015
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Queering the social emergence of disabled sexual identities: Linking queer theory with disability studies in the South African context
Paul Chappell
Pages: 54-62
Published online: 05 Mar 2015
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“It's not that bad”: Homophobia in the residences of a university in KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Valenshia Jagessar & Thabo Msibi
Pages: 63-73
Published online: 13 Apr 2015
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PERSPECTIVE

Teaching pre-service teachers about LGBTI issues: Transforming the self
Nomkhosi Nzimande
Pages: 74-80
Published online: 17 Mar 2015
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The conflicts: Christianity and homosexuality
Reneilwe Mathibe
Pages: 81-84
Published online: 03 Mar 2015
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ARTICLE

Article
For a politics of presupposed equality: The struggle for sexual minority freedom in Africa
Jaco Barnard-Naudé
Pages: 85-95
Published online: 16 Mar 2015
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“I believe that being a lesbian is not a curse”: Young black lesbian women representing their identities through photovoice
Maia Zway & Floretta Boonzaier
Pages: 96-107
Published online: 03 Mar 2015
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The persistence of homophobic discourses: Narratives of a group of gay men in Cape Town, South Africa
Neil Henderson
Pages: 108-115
Published online: 16 Mar 2015
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‘Othering’ non-normative sexualities through objectification of ‘the homosexual’: Discursive discrimination by pre-service teachers
Jacques Rothmann & Shan Simmonds
Pages: 116-126
Published online: 09 Mar 2015
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Towards a queer futurity: The utopian impulse in the work of Athi-Patra Ruga and Milumbe Haimbe
Anna Stielau
Pages: 127-139
Published online: 16 Mar 2015
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FOCUS

Article
Archive and method in Queer African Studies
Keguro Macharia
Pages: 140-146
Published online: 03 Mar 2015
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BRIEFING

Taming monsters: Theorising erotic justice in Africa
Mikki van Zyl
Pages: 147-154
Published online: 10 Mar 2015
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ARTICLE

Article
Queer subjectivities in J.M. Coetzee's Disgrace and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's ‘On Monday of last week’
Aretha Phiri
Pages: 155-163
Published online: 03 Mar 2015
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BRIEFING

Sumptuous lives: Emancipatory narratives in selected stories from Queer Africa (2013)
Ayub Sheik
Pages: 164-170
Published online: 19 Mar 2015
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Contesting public discourses on sexuality in Kenya: A reading of Kevin Mwachiro's Invisible
Jennifer Muchiri
Pages: 171-176
Published online: 27 Feb 2015
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“Those promoting and practising homosexuality are worse than pigs and dogs”: Linguistic assault on homosexuals in Malawi
Gregory Kamwendo
Pages: 177-182
Published online: 27 Feb 2015
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POEM

She's a strong girl
David Kapp
Page: 183
Published online: 19 Mar 2015
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